Beyond Graduation
FIT is internationally recognized for the quality of its programs and the caliber of its graduates. Our students are connected through a faculty of industry professionals and extensive networking opportunities. As a result, you’ll benefit from a higher than average employment rate.
Career Paths
When you graduate with an Advertising and Marketing Communications (AMC) degree, you will have many options. For example, our graduates work in advertising, public relations, broadcasting, marketing, media, journalism, and digital and e-commerce fields. Within those fields, our graduates are employed as advertising account managers, brand managers, broadcast production directors, copywriters, journalists, media planners/buyers, publicists, and special events planners.
Graduates have found positions at a wide variety of companies, including Calvin Klein, ELLE, MTV, Nike, Target, HBO, JWT, and Joseph Abboud. Many grads also work at companies where they’ve interned, since internships often turn into permanent jobs when students graduate.
Career Outlook
Going Back to Her Roots
Abi Ishola-Ayodeji, Advertising and Marketing Communications '04, explores the volatile history of Nigeria in the 1990's in her novel, Patience Is a Subtle Thief, which highlights the political turbulence and scams that became prevalant during this time period.
Abi Ishola-Ayodeji
Read more about Abi Ishola-Ayodeji and her fascinating book exploring a pivotal time in recent Nigerian history.
Where Are They Now?
Our Advertising and Marketing Communications program offers excellent learning opportunities that provide the skills essential to their success in their professional endeavors.
Guiding Corporate Strategy at Condé Nast
It takes creativity and a nimble attitude to thrive in an increasingly splintered media landscape. No one understands this better than Asiah James, Advertising and Marketing Communications ’15. As director of corporate strategy and partnerships at Condé Nast, she leverages her intricate knowledge of the complex media-channel ecosystem to engage advertisers who want to target diverse audiences such as LGBTQ+ and Black readers.
Scents and Sensibility
Scent has the power to evoke memories, shape experiences, and connect us to moments in meaningful ways. FIT alumna Brittany Furnari, Advertising and Marketing Communications ’17, explores that connection through an immersive fragrance experience at the multisensory shop she opened in 2021 with longtime friend Cristian Abbrancati.
The Startup Strategist
Celine Fosse, Advertising and Marketing Communications ’09, knows what it takes to build a company from the ground up. As a founder and startup advisor, she helps entrepreneurs position their businesses for growth, success, and acquisition.
Picture Perfect Publicity
Laura Sok, Advertising and Marketing Communications ’06, shines a spotlight on independent films through Track Shot, the two-woman film publicity and consulting agency she co-founded.